Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Updated publication: Rock Art of the Libyan Desert (DVD)

The Second Expanded Edition of the DVD "Rock Art of the Libyan Desert" is now available. The new edition contains over nearly 300 new rock art sites, all new discoveries in the 2005-2009 period, with approximately 12000 photos (about 4000 newly added ones).

Andras Zboraywww.fjexpeditions.com/

Details are as follows:

The Second Edition had been substantially expanded with the discoveries made by the author and others in the period 2005 to 2009. several new sites were added, and many sites have been updated with new photographs. Some of the new finds added considerably to our knowledge of the various styles and cultures, requiring some reworking of the corresponding sections. The following is a full listing of all updates and changes compared to the first edition:

Bibliography • 2005 saw a major addition to the bibliography of the rock art of the Libyan Desert: du Sahara au Nil by Jean-Loïc le Quellec, Pauline and Philippe de Flers (Soleb Fayard, Paris, 2005). This monumental work, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, discusses all aspects of the rock art of the Gilf Kebir and Jebel Uweinat area. The bibliography of individual sites was updated to include a reference to the photographs in this work.

In the period 2006-2009 several new articles appeared in the Sahara journal (numbers 17-20) related to the rock art of the Gilf Kebir & Uweinat region, which have all been incorporated into the bibliography and individual site bibliographical references.

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